Only four clubs would participate. Two from Buenos Aires. Two from Interior. Single elimination. URBA can go ahead with their 24 rounds uninterrupted. The rest of the country will have to play their regional comps in 20 rounds. Then play some version of the old Torneo del Interior in 8 rounds. There’s a chance that they flip that equation, playing shorter regional competitions to pave the way to a longer countrywide league (always excluding Buenos Aires).

I’m a little bit suspicious. The piece says that URBA wanted to blow it up. They have more influence in the UAR board since the election but they are still outnumbered. And the tournament has been growing on them. Just on Saturday, 10.000 fans stayed in Velez to watch the final. URBA wanted to reduce the number of rounds from 9 to 6 not quit playing the whole thing.

Maybe it’s just cost cutting. The UAR was financing air fares and accommodation for Nacional de Clubes “A” and “B”. Maybe it was ESPN who couldn’t sell the product. They were also behind the disappearance of the Argentino de Uniones. I honestly have no clue.

o- March - September (24 rounds): Torneo URBA.o- March - July (16 rounds): Province club tournaments.o- August - September (8 rounds): Torneo del Interior A and B.o- October (6 rounds): Torneo Nacional.

The Torneo del Interior will have two divisions of 16 teams each. They will be split in groups of 4 teams, with double round robin.

The Torneo Nacional will have 24 teams, with the 12 URBA teams and the top 12 interior teams. They will be split in groups of 6, with half interior and half URBA, and will cross-play each other (like the Nations Cup and Americas Pacific Challenge). The top 16 teams will advance to the playoffs.

The Super 8 final of the Unión Cordobesa de Rugby between Tala RC and Córdoba Athletic will be able to watch online. The live stream will start today at 16:30 hs (Argentina) in the neutral field of the Club Universitario.